The 1935 municipal election was held November 13, 1935 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council

Edmonton City Council

The Edmonton City Council is the governing body of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.Members represent wards throughout the city, and are known as councillors. Until 2010, Edmonton was divided in six wards with two councillors representing citizens in each ward...

 and four trustees to sit on the public school board (Charles Gariepy

Charles Gariepy

Charles Edward Gariepy was a Canadian politician. He was elected to the separate Catholic school board from 1929-1937...

, Thomas Malone, R D Tighe, and William Wilde were acclaimed to two year terms on the separate school board). Voters also approved a requirement that candidates for city council be required to own property.

There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Hugh MacDonald, John Wesley Fry

John Wesley Fry

John Wesley Fry was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a mayor of Edmonton.-Early life:John Fry was born in Woodstock, Ontario on December 5, 1876. He grew up in Woodstock and Owen Sound and moved to Regina, Saskatchewan in 1897 to attend Normal School...

, Dick Foote, John McCreath, and James East

James East

James East was a politician and labour activist in Alberta, Canada. He was for a time and the longest-serving alderman in Edmonton's history, and was a defeated candidate at the provincial and federal levels. He was also an ardent monetary reformer.-Early life:East was born in Bolton, Ontario on...

 were all elected to two year terms in 1934

Edmonton municipal election, 1934

The 1934 municipal election was held November 14, 1934 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and three trustees to sit on each of the public and separate school boards....

 and were still in office.

There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: Samuel Barnes, Frederick Casselman

Frederick Clayton Casselman

Lieutenant Frederick Clayton Casselman was a soldier, barrister, teacher, as well as a Canadian municipal and federal level politician.-Military service:...

, and Izena Ross had all been elected to two year terms in 1934 and were still in office. The same was true of the separate school board, where A J Crowe, J O Pilon, and J O'Hara were continuing.

Voter turnout

There were 19984 ballots cast out of 48003 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 41.6%.

Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Canadian Youth Association	Joseph Clarke Joseph Clarke Joseph Andrew Clarke was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He served twice as mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, was a candidate for election to the Canadian House of Commons and the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, and was a member of the Yukon Territorial Council .-Early life:Clarke was born in...	11,120	56.06%	Tax Reform League	Ralph Bellamy	6,313	31.83%	Independent	Morris Baker	2,330	11.75%	Independent	Frederick Speed	73	0.37%

Aldermen

Party		Candidate	Votes	Labour	Margaret Crang	11,226	Social Credit	Elisha East	8,798	Social Credit	Guy Patterson	8,409	Canadian Youth Association	Walter Clevely	7,410	Social Credit	Charles Gould	7,378	Tax Reform League	Athelstan Bissett	7,095	Labour	Harry Ainlay Harry Dean Ainlay Harry Dean Ainlay was a Canadian educator, politician, mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, and candidate for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, and the Canadian House of Commons....	6,848	Tax Reform League	Ernest Edward Howard	6,717	Tax Reform League	George Patterson Ponton	6,403	Tax Reform League	John Henry Warren	5,918	Labour	James Findlay	5,598	Labour	William Henry Miller	2,832	Independent	Raymond C. Ghostley	1,226	Independent	Charles Martin Keily	683

Public school trustees

Party		Candidate	Votes	Tax Reform League	Walter Morrish	11,093	Labour	Frank Crang	9,347	Independent	Albert Ottewell	8,745	Labour	Sidney Bowcott Sidney Bowcott Sidney Bowcott Bowcott immigrated to Canada in 1905, and then moved to Edmonton in 1907. He spent 9 years on the Edmonton Public School Board, and then spent 10 years on the Edmonton council. He was president of the Montgomery Legion of the Royal Canadian Legion for a time as well...	8,566	Tax Reform League	Armour Ford	7,039	Social Credit	Mary Ann Gilchrist	6,009	Social Credit	Adam Bruce	5,910

Separate (Catholic) school trustees

Charles Gariepy

Charles Gariepy

Charles Edward Gariepy was a Canadian politician. He was elected to the separate Catholic school board from 1929-1937...

, Thomas Malone, R D Tighe, and William Wilde were acclaimed.

Property Qualification Plebiscite

Shall a candidate for Mayor or Alderman be required to have a property qualification?

• Yes - 14478
• No - 4202